SOUTH BANK SCHEME (BUILDING MATERIALS)

HC Deb 29 November 1949 vol 470 cc92-4W

Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Health to state in quantity surveyors' terms the amount of building material for which he has issued licences to the London County Council for the erection of the river wall and concert hall on the South Bank Festival of Britain site.

Mr. Bevan:

Steel—4,751.59 tons; softwood—279.31 standards; plywood—38,822 square feet; secondhand timber—300 standards; hardwood—200 cubic feet. A substantial proportion of the steel is recoverable.